Use Lockdown to Rethink Your Running Identity
‘No way.’ I know for sure what my response would have been if you’d had told me at the beginning of the year that by March I’d be confined indoors, sending …
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23 Inspiring Reads by Female Runners … and One Super Hiker!
I’m rushing out this blogpost because I think we need all the distractions we can get right now and I promise that these books will inspire and get you all …
Learn to Love Running Solo
⚠️ IMPORTANT. BEFORE HEADING OUT ALWAYS CHECK CURRENT LOCAL GOVERNMENT GUIDELINES RE CORONA VIRUS ⚠️ Unless local guidelines instruct otherwise, fresh air and outdoor exercise are allowed and are good …
Mental Toil and Pamper Oil
I woke up this morning with a crisis of confidence, fretting about what would happen in my ultra when I staggered like a drunk and dropped onto the trail with …
What I Eat in a Day
Radically changing my diet last year turned out to be one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. You can read about what happened here. However, for the first couple …
No-one is More Surprised Than Me: How I Overhauled My Diet and Shaved Almost 12 Minutes Off My 5K Time!
In 2018, I had 6 chest infections. At the time it was as if one just carried right on into another and I spent the year with a painfully tight …
Running Away From Anxiety
Adapted from a post I wrote for Mind, the mental health charity. They have a Miles for Mind initiative to encourage running as an activity to support mental health. You’re …
Surefire Ways to Make Sure Your Running Sessions Get Done Once the First Buzz Has Worn Off
How are your New Year running plans holding up? Are you lacing up, getting out there and placing a satisfying tick next to every session? Or maybe not..? Perhaps you …
2020. Do Something Big. Make It Happen.
This quote is the reason I’m boldly aiming for a 50K Ultra in 2020. I’d been reading more and more about people in their 50s and 60s who were going …
Why a Marathon? Why New York? By 71 year old Helen Lloyd Jones Who Just Ran Her First Marathon
It’s easier to start with the why New York bit. I’d love to do the London Marathon but I am not in the good for age category so I would …